February 2012
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January 2012
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Making spectacles of ourselves « the {tiny}... →
Ummm, cute attack
Jan 30th
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shanghaifiction: Zhang Shouwang of Beijing band Carsick Cars plays a takeaway show for us on the roof of his 23-floor apartment building (via dabaoge.net)
Jan 1st
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December 2011
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Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
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ListenWhat can machines tell us about being human? In...
Dec 30th
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What new technological developments do you think are transforming our landscape right now? Now interrogate the underlying assumptions that you have when you think about them. How have social networks changed group social dynamics? How might QR codes change the linguistic conventions of search? How might Augmented Reality usher in a more intuitive visual approach to information? Less important...
Dec 30th
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“On current evidence exercise is clearly the best method for increasing useful...”
– This is the conclusion of a piece over on PsyBlog, Which Cognitive Enhancers Really Work: Brain Training, Drugs, Vitamins, Meditation or Exercise? Ultimately, there is little conclusive scientific evidence to support the oft-claimed beneficial effects of brain training, drugs, vitamins or...
Dec 30th
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Dec 30th
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ListenThis was the number one streamed track of 2011 in...
Dec 29th
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Dec 29th
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“The history of cultural progress is, almost without exception, a story of one...”
– This quote comes from Stephen Johnson, author of Where Good Ideas Come From and Everything Bad is Good for You: How Today’s Popular Culture is Actually Making Us Smarter, in the Guardian article Eureka moments are very, very rare. It reminds me of Thomas S Kuhn’s Structure of Scientific...
Dec 29th
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Dec 29th
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ListenI’ve linked to The Big Ideas podcast before...
Dec 28th
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Loved this beautifully macabre stop-motion video directed by Spike Jonze, Mourir Auprès de Toi.
Dec 28th
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“The First Place is your home, and the Second Place is your office. You have...”
– A great article from Kevin Purdy on Fast Company (Why In-Person Socializing Is A Mandatory To-Do Item) that delves into the very sound reasons that you need to get out more and meet people face-to-face. In 2012 I am formalising this time on a weekly basis a little more. I already have a couple of...
Dec 28th
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Dec 28th
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Dec 27th
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“It takes between a week and 12 days to build up a tolerance and dependency on...”
– How to break your daily caffeine habit and use coffee strategically
Dec 27th
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Dec 27th
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Dec 25th
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Sunday Surplus | 25th December, 2011
Burnt, by Lovers Town Superheroine Breast Cancer Awareness ads Christmas is just around the corner, anti drink-driving ads Branding and how it works in the social media age infographic Facebook ruling gives media enquiry purpose Democracy needs ignorant people, says science A murder foretold: unravelling the ultimate political conspiracy Tiny $25 computer is designed to teach...
Dec 24th
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The inimitable Tom Waits, with his unique take on the humble Christmas carol
Dec 23rd
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Dec 23rd
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SOCY 151: Foundations of Modern Social Theory →
One industry that is already undergoing change and which is going to be even more radically transformed in the near future is education. If you are interested in sociology, then this free course offered by Yale is worth checking out. As telepresence technologies and collaborative reading platforms become more sophisticated, alongside access to online educational materials, the physical...
Dec 23rd
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Dec 22nd
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I work at Host and love the fact that the agency created this Christmas card for our clients. It involves lasers, rear projection, camera mods, and some lovely front-end dev in Flash. Oh, and 50 Hosties singing :) Happy Holidays everyone.
Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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ListenRambling, raucous, and rough. But so charming.
Dec 21st
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Gamification has been a key trend this year and looks set to be big news in 2012. This TED talk from July 2010 goes into some more detail on what a game layer on top of the world might look like.
Dec 21st
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Dec 20th
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Was wondering what Aphex Twin (aka Richard James) has been up to. Seems he’s been busy remote controlling a whole orchestra: Richard James came up with the idea of controlling a 48 piece string section and a 24 strong choir by remote control, using midi controllers, lots of headphones and some remote visual cues, after being commissioned to write some pieces for the European culture...
Dec 20th
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Dec 19th
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“Those demanding that Hitchens not be criticized in death are invoking a warped...”
– Salon, Christopher Hitchens and the protocol for public figure deaths. Great piece adding some balance to the way the Hitch is remembered.
Dec 19th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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“Reading a book should be a conversation between you and the author. Presumably...”
– Mortimer Adler, writing in 1940, makes a case for marginalia as the yin-yang of reading/writing (via curiositycounts)
Dec 18th
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Sunday Surplus | 18th December, 2011
A history of organising the web infographic Don’t feel sorry for yourself - a project dedicated to not letting you (or me) wallow Matthew Picton’s Map Sculptures of Cities Made of Books about the City A dining table to avoid all conversations Scientists invent lightest material on earth Creating addictive games that actually do good The State of the Blogosphere 2011 Think...
Dec 17th
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Dec 17th